(72) In 1917, approximately one year after the first phages were isolated, microbiologist Felix
d'Herelle tested a phage cocktail on a number of patients suffering from severe dysentery.
Ote yandan ayni yillarda Paris'te Pasteur Enstitusu'nde benzer bulgular uzerinde calisan Fransiz-Kanadali bakteriyolog Felix
d'Herelle (1873-1949) bu calismalari daha da ileri goturerek bakterileri infekte eden viruslara "bakteriyofaj" ismini vermistir.
In 1917, a self-taught microbiologist named Felix
d'Herelle recognized phages' talent for targeted killing.
In this study, the researchers investigated the possibility of recruiting phages in the fight against antibiotic-resistant bacteria, reviving the original idea of Felix
d'Herelle, proposed in 1926.
Almost a century ago,
d'Herelle [37] demonstrated the efficacy of bacteriophages against human pathogens.
By 1919,
d'Herelle and his colleagues in Paris began using bacteriophages in a therapeutic way, launching the "phage therapy" [13, 14].
Enter Felix
d'Herelle, an oft-forgotten medical hero of the twentieth century.
D'Herelle discovered the first phage and used it to cure patients of dysentery.
The idea is reemerging that RNA and DNA virus antedate cellular life as originally proposed by Felix
D'Herelle (45).